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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 26 MIN

A recent history of school qualifications

from The New Zealand Initiative · host The New Zealand Initiative

In this episode, Michael talks with Doug Blackmur, former chief executive of NZQA, about the qualification model developed in the late 1990s and how it became NCEA. Their conversation ranges across the changes the model underwent, grade inflation in schools and universities, the argument for moving assessment to independent bodies, and the new system set to replace NCEA.

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